Chinese Enterprises

Gender Wage Gap

Discriminatory Factors

Productivity Gap Factors

Overpayment of Men

Underpayment of Women

LN (Wm-Wf)

Xm (Bm-B*)

Xf (B*-Bf)

(Xm-Xf) B*

Age

−0.23

−0.15

−0.10

0.02

Tenure

0.06

0.05

0.01

0.003

Urbun Family Register Dummy

−0.02

−0.02

0.003

−0.001

University Education or Greater

0.01

0.01

0.001

0.001

Large Enterprise Dummy

0.003

0.003

0.0005

-

Tertiary Industry Dummy

−0.004

−0.002

−0.002

-

Constant Term

0.23

0.11

0.12

-

Total

0.05

0.002

0.03

0.02

(Percentage of Total)

100.0%

3.4%

61.7%

34.9%

Difference in Hourly Wage

1.40 yuan

0.05 yuan

0.87 yuan

0.49 yuan

Chinese Enterprises

Average Hourly Wage for Men              23.47 yuan (100.0%)

Gender Wage Gap 1.40 yuan (6.0%)

Economically Rational Productivity Gap Factors: 0.49 yuan (34.9%)

Discriminatory Factors 0.92 yuan (65.1%)

Overpayment Factor of Men: 0.05 yuan (3.4%)

Underpayment Factor of Women: 0.87 yuan (61.7%)

Average Hourly Wage for Women 22.07 yuan (94.0%)